DESIGN AND PRINT

What the buyer is asking for

The design and print service contract for London Borough of Waltham Forest ensures that the Council can access the best print prices available in an ever changing and extremely competitive marketplace but also helps to facilitate a reduction in overall spend and the Council’s channel shift to cheaper communications channels. The design and print service contract is managed by Corporate Communications Service on behalf of the Council. The services are made accessible to all team across the directorates. A procured provider offers a streamlined process, brand management, consistent quality, and cost efficiency The contract provides design services from high end concept design to basic art-working. This is achieved by working with both the corporate communications team and officers within directorates who self-serve for art-working and print requirements. The current contract is provided in two lots, and this is required in the new contract: • Lot 1: Design and print – This consist of art working, design, concept work and print services. • Lot 2: Reprographic. The Repro lot is for print documents which require short turnaround delivery (such as any legal documents), with the expectation of delivery within two hours.

How this is scored

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• 50%pricePrice
• 50%qualityQuality

What you must already have

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• economic

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• technical

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2 lots

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• Lot 1 DESIGN AND PRINT£903k

  All design jobs from high end concept design to basic artworking (application of an existing design concept) and layout, leaflets, for (but not limited to) posters, banners, promotional signage, brochures, general marketing literature and signage.

• Lot 2 : REPROGRAPHICS£229k

  Reprographic print items will include, but shall not be limited to: court bundles, commercial contracts; scanning of documents and personnel documents and bundles

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   30 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 19 days

   20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 29 days

   30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 90 days

   30 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice30 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST092482-2026

Payment terms

Details are specified in the ITT document

Documents

• https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=358b320c-b0bc-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True
• Tender notice on Find a Tender